Pencil-book.



No. 766,548. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904,

' A. H. STOW.

PENCIL BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1903.

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Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT FFICE.

AUDLEY H. STOV, OF HUNTER, \V EST VIRGINIA.

PENCIL-BOOK- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,548, dated August 2, 1904.

Ap livat ou filed January 23, 1903. Serial No. 140,284. (No model.

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Be itknown that I, AUDLEY H. S'row, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hunter. in the county of Mingo and State of WVest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Books, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to improvements in that class of books adapted to pencil use, variously known as note-books, memorandam-books, timebooks, field-books, &c., usually provided with means for carrying a pencil and herein designated as pencil-books; and the object of my invention is to provide, first, a pencil-book containing means for sharpening a pencil, which is thus always conveniently at hand; second, to provide a pencil-book containing-its own improved sharpener of several grades adapted to quick or rough and fine sharpening; third, to provide a pencil-book containing its own improved sharpener of curved cross-section, whereby any desired taper may be attained, and, fourth, to provide a pencil-book containing its own pencil-sharpener, with a waterproof covering therefor, so that the sharpener is not affected by water, moisture, perspiration, rain, 850., while any desired style of point may be quickly attained. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view of pencil-book opened at its sharpener. Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view of a sheet for a book, on an enlarged scale, showing concave and convex abrading surfaces attached to the sheet; Fig. 3, a view of another form of sharpener which may be attached to the book, and Fig. 4 an edge view of a book containing a pencil-sharpener.

Similar numbers. refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Let 1 represent a book-cover, and 2 the folding-line thereof. To the book-cover 1 or to an inserted leaf, which should be somewhat stiff, I attach strips of sandpaper 3 3 3" of such shape and size as may be desirable. It

is preferred that these strips be of different degrees of fineness, so that the roughing or first abrasion of the pencil may be on the coarse paper, and the finishing maybe effected on a strip of sandpaper of fine quality.

To afford a convenient means for holding the sandpaper in position, the sheet 1, to which it is attached may be embossed into convex or concave or both forms, as shown in Fig. 2, and the convex strip 23 will then project above the general plane of the leaf or cover of the book, so that the pencil 4 4: can be drawn across it, as indicated in the figure, or may be drawn lengthwise in the grooved abrading-surface 24: in manner readily understood.

Instead of attaching the abradant to the book-cover, as in Fig. 1, it maybe attached to a specially-inserted sheet 6, Fig. 4, which sheet is preferably thicker than the regular paper of the book, and this sheet may be covered by an embossed or recessed sheet 7, preferably waterproof, so that the position of the sharpener may be readily found and the book be opened on the line of the pencilsharpener.

The long taper to the lead 4, Fig. 2, of the pencil may also be obtained by sharpening the said lead on the edge of the strip of sandpaper, theseveral strips thus increasing the extent of edge, or the extent of edges may be increased by cutting slots 5 in a single broad strip (See Fig. 3.)

The convexity of the strips 3, 3, and 3", Fig. 1, maybe attained by the use of suitable presses in attaching the said strips by means of glue, varnish, or any other suitable substance. A waterproof glue should not only be used for attaching the sandpaper to the leaf of the book, but for attaching the sand to its paper, thus rendering the pencil-sharpener available even if the book become dampened from rain, perspiration, &c.

WVhen the point of the pencil has been entirely broken off and the wood then cut away from around the lead again sufiiciently, the coarse sandpaper is of especial advantage in quickly reducing the lead to about the right shape without choking up.

If the lead is cut down on the line sandpaper,

it may become choked up before the point is finished. The coarse sandpaper becomes choked less readily.

It will be noted that the book acts as a cover for the pencil-sharpener. The sandpaper partly filled with lead-cuttings would soil the clothing or the hands of user or other articles if placed on the outside of the book, and thus be seriously objectionable. The sandpaper within the book becomes an improved (more cleanly) pencil-sharpener, of which the book is an integral part.

A single strip of sandpaper may be used, or other suitable abrasive material than sand or emery may be used, or thin sheet metal suitably perforated and attached for the purpose indicated may replace the sandpaper. The strips may be varied in size, shape, and arrangement, and in general I hold myself at liberty to make such suitable changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of my invention; nor do I confine myself to the combination of the several features of dant surface attached thereto.

2. A pencil-book having a slotted sheet of abrading material attached within its covers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUDLEY H. STOW.

Witnesses:

S. D. HATFIELD, N. LAFON. 

